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Patented May I4, l90l. A. R. VERD'IER.

OFFICE REGISTER.

(Application filed Apr. 2, 1900.)

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STATES ALBERT R. VERDIER, OF ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

OFFlCE-REGISTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 674,046, dated May 14, 1901.

Application filed April 2, 1900.

To a/ZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, ALBERT R. VERDIER, a citizen ot'- the United States, residing at the city of St. Louis, State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Office-Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which Figure l, is a front elevational view of my improved ofce-register. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view through the same. Fig. 3 is a rear elevational View, the back plate being removed to more clearly show the interior mechanism; and Fig. et is a detail View of the ratchet-and-pawl mechanism for the paper-roller.

This invention relates to a new and useful improvement in office-registers, the object being to providea device of the character described which is designed to be placed in a position accessible to the public, so that should the occupant of an oflice absent himself and the office be locked callers may write messages on a strip of paper and afterward by manipulating a knob force that portion of the'strip of paper Written upon into a receptacle closed by a cover, the key for the lock of which is in the possession of the occupant of the office.

The invention consists in the details of construction,`arrangement, and combination of the several parts, all as will hereinafter be described and afterward pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings, A indicates a casing, preferably in the form of a casting forming a receptacle open at its front, which opening is closed by a suitable cover B, hinged at its lower end to the casing. A suitable lock is provided for preventing the covers being opened by unauthorized persons. If desired, spring-clips may be arranged on this cover for the reception of the pencil, as shown in Fig. l. The receptacle is divided into two compartments by means of a partition C, whose lower end is secured to the rear wall of the casing and whose forward end is yielding, so as to bear upon the cover when said Serial No. 11,089. (No model.)

cover is closed. When the coveris unlocked,

the yielding partition O will not permit said cover to rest tight-ly against the receptacle, thereby enabling one to see at a glance that the cover is unlocked and lessen the liability of leaving the device open to unauthorized persons. In the lower compartment of this receptacle is arranged a roll of paper D, whose end is threaded through an opening l) in the cover and thence carried upwardly and introduced through an opening b in the cover back into the receptacle, but above the partition-wall O.

E indicates a paper-feed roller provided with a knob c, arranged eXtei-iorly the casing, said roller also having a ratchet-wheel e conjoined therewith, with which cooperates a pawl e. (See Fig. 4.)

F indicates an idle roller whose spindle is mounted in slots, springs f bearing against the spindle of said roller to force the same to contact withl roller E at all times. The curtain-wall G is arranged on the cover B for housing in the rollers E and F, the lower edge of said curtain-Wall being serrated, as shown in Fig. 3, whereby that portion of the strip of paper which is introduced into the upper compartment of the receptacle may be detached, if desired. The upper end of the cover B is provided with an opening b for the reception of letters and cards.

A chain H is secured to the casing and cover to support the same in its open position.

I indicates a yielding bar or friction device forcing the strip of paper in contact with the inner face of the cover B below the opening b. The purpose of this yielding baris to prevent the strip of paper, when the cover is open and said paper is unwound from the roll, from buckling on the outside of the cover B, the buckle in the paper, by the presence of this yielding cross-bar, occurring between the same and the roll of paper. By the presence of this yielding cross-bar the surface of the paper to be written upon is always kept taut on the cover B, irrespective of the fact that the door may have been opened, and the paper coming from the rollis rendered lax or slack between said roll and the yielding bar.

A Window or windows J are preferably arranged in the side walls of the casing in order to enable one to see whether or not the strip IOO of paper has been written upon and the written portion in the upper compartment or whether or not any letters, cards, duc.,A may have been placed in the receptacle.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination with a casing, of a hinged cover therefor, a locking device for said cover, a strip of paper whose source of supply is located within the casing, a yielding partition-wall C arranged within the casing for dividing the same into two compartments, into the lower of which the paper-strip supply is contained, said paper strip being threaded through openings in the cover and having its end introduced into the upper com-l partnient, said yielding partition forcing the cover away from its home position when said cover is unlocked, manually-operable devices for feeding the strifp of paper from the lower to the upper compartment, and pawl-andratchet mechanism for operating the said manually-operable devices; substantially as described.

2. The combination with a casing, of a hinged cover therefor provided with openings, a roll of paper mounted in said casing and having its end threaded through said openings in ,said cover, mechanism for drawing said strip of paper from said roll and ar yielding bar I arranged on the inside face of said cover and cooperating with said strip of paper at a point some distance away from said roll and said mechanism, whereby, when the cover is opened and closed, thestrip of paper which is threaded'therethrough will be held taut; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature, inthe presence of two witnesses, this 31st day of March, 1900.

ALBERT R. VERDIER.

Witnesses:

WM. H. SCOTT, A. S. GRAY. 

